Lovers Leap Bridge

Photos 

General Elevation View

Photo taken by Jet Lowe for the Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #317599

Map 

Street View 

• As seen from Still River Drive Bridge

Description 

Facts 

Overview

Lenticular through truss bridge over Housatonic River on Abandoned section of Pumpkin Hill Road in New Milford

Location

New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut

Status

Open to pedestrians

History

Built in 1895 by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company

Builder

- Berlin Iron Bridge Co. of East Berlin, Connecticut

Design

Lenticular through truss

Dimensions

Total length: 173.0 ft.
Deck width: 19.0 ft.

Recognition

Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 13, 1976

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.54413, -73.40699   (decimal degrees)
41°32'39" N, 73°24'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/632868/4600389 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

New Milford

Inventory numbers

NRHP 76001982 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 46455 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• November 2, 2018: New photos from Josh Schmid
• May 13, 2018: New photos from Chester Gehman
• March 31, 2016: New photo from Art Suckewer
• March 3, 2015: HAER photos posted by Ian Martin
• June 13, 2014: New Street View added by Luke Harden
• June 13, 2014: Updated by Chester Gehman: Added category "Pin-connected"
• October 9, 2010: Added by Anthony Dillon

Sources 

• Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
• Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
• Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Luke
• HAER CT-17 - Lover's Leap Lenticular Bridge, Spanning Housatonic River on Pumpkin Hill Road, New Milford, Litchfield County, CT
• Josh Schmid

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